New Delhi/Agartala, May 26 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and held extensive discussions on a wide range of developmental issues, including the establishment of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the state, officials said. A senior official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that Chief Minister Saha also discussed with the Prime Minister the extension of the National Highway from Kamalpur to Shantir Baza…
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Ghaziabad, May 26 (IANS) Former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam on Tuesday described the decade-long tenure of BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as “India advancing towards Ram Rajya”. He opined that over the past 12 years, India has forged a new identity for itself on religious, cultural, economic, and global fronts.”Sanatan culture received due respect, the community of saints and sages gained prestige, and the country’s ancient religious he…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) This day, exactly 12 years ago, India stepped into a new political era as Narendra Modi took oath as the 15th Prime Minister of the country at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The day was significant because on May 26, 2014, he led the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a 282-seat victory, crossing the majority mark in the 543-member Lok Sabha. It marked the first time in three decades that a single party secured an outright majority in the Lok Sabha. It wa…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) In a major step towards strengthening India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI) and improving ease of internet access for citizens, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has introduced a series of user-friendly reforms under the PM-WANI (Prime Minister’s Wi-Fi Access Network Interface) framework, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Communications on Tuesday.The new measures include QR-based authentication for laptops and secondary devices, intro…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday marked the completion of 12 years since the NDA government first assumed office at the Centre in 2014, describing the period as a journey of good governance, development and national transformation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As the BJP-led NDA government completed 12 years in office, the Centre also planned a nationwide outreach campaign under which Union ministers, BJP leaders, chief ministers and Mem…
Surguja (Chhattisgarh), May 25 (IANS) A video showing a woman carrying her 90-year-old mother-in-law on her back in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread attention and criticism over the difficulties faced by elderly pensioners in accessing welfare benefits. The woman, identified as Sukhmaniya, said on Monday that she was forced to carry her elderly mother-in-law for nearly three kilometres in extreme heat after bank officials allegedly insisted tha…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Government-backed e-commerce platform DigiHaat on Friday announced that it has expanded its mobility services to 55 cities across India through partnerships with driver-owned cooperatives Bharat Taxi and Namma Yatri. The company said the expansion is aimed at promoting a cooperative and citizen-centric model in the ride-hailing sector.The newly launched ‘DigiHaat Rides’ service, which was previously operational in Delhi NCR and Bengaluru, has now been extended to cit…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly-appointed youth in various government departments and organisations at the 19th Rozgar Mela on Saturday, said an official.The letters will be distributed via video-conferencing, and PM Modi will also address the gathering on the occasion.In keeping with the Prime Minister’s commitment to prioritising employment generation, the Rozgar Mela is a major initiative aimed at translatin…
Stockholm, May 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sweden is “very significant”, India’s Ambassador Anurag Bhushan said on Sunday. In an interview with IANS, Bhushan noted that PM Modi’s visit is also significant as it is happening in Gothenburg, a very old city of Sweden, which has now developed into a technology, industrial and innovation heart of the Scandinavian country.PM Modi will arrive in Sweden later on Sunday after concluding his visit to the Netherlands. He had earlier v…
Gandhinagar, May 17 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that India’s recent free trade agreements with developed economies had given the country preferred access to markets accounting for nearly 70 per cent of global GDP. Addressing the inauguration of the Innovation and Incubation Centre at the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad, Goyal said the agreements reflected the long-term economic strategy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and would suppor…